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The Soviet Union was the mid 1900s civilization that spawned out of what modern day nation?
Spain
China
Germany
Russia
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What two items symbolized the Soviet Union as they were emblazoned in gold upon the nation's flag?
The hammer and sickle
The spear and anchor
The canon and pick
The shield and wheel
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Which of the following colors was most closely associated with Soviet Russia as it was the color that made up the main body of their flag?
Black
White
Blue
Red
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The economic system of the Soviet Union was based on the controversial ideas of what philosopher?
John Maynard Keynes
Karl Marx
Milton Friedman
Adam Smith
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In what year was the Bolshevik Revolution which officially formed the Soviet Union out of the Russian Empire?
1908
1911
1915
1917
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The Bolshevik Revolution did away with the monarchy of what figure who ruled the nation as Tsar?
Nicholas II
Mikhael I
Robert IV
Louis V
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The Soviet Union was officially known by the acronym U.S.S.R. which stood for which of the following?
United States of the Stalinistic Republics
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United System of Seperatist Republics
Union of Slavic-Serbian Republics
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What is the name of this complex of buildings which served as a central hub for Soviet and modern-day Russian politics?
Govronhiel's Acres
The Wulentul
The Maoshim
The Kremlin
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What is the name of this revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from its founding in 1917 to his death in 1924?
Joseph Stalin
Vladimir Lenin
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
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Which of the following terms refers to the Soviet death/labor camps which millions of political criminals were sent to?
Glasnosts
Portants
Gulags
Gables
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The tide of the German invasion of the Soviet Union during World War Two was turned during what battle that raged in Russia from 1942-1943?
The Battle of Stalingrad
The Battle of the Bulge
The Battle of Moscow
The Battle of Leningrad
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In 1955, the Soviet Union headed and founded an alliance of communist nations meant to match N.A.T.O. What was this alliance called?
The Warsaw Pact
The Moscow Coalition
The Soviet Sect
The Eastern European Military Complex
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Following World War Two, the Soviet Union reconstructed which section of Germany?
West Germany
East Germany
North Germany
South Germany
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What is the name of the post-World War Two nuclear tension between the Soviet Union and the United States of America?
The War of Anxiety
The Red and Blue War
The Cold War
The Tidal War
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What is the name of the notorious dictator who came to power in the Soviet Union following the death of Vladimir Lenin in 1924?
Boris Yeltsin
Joseph Stalin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Viktor Peresvolt
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What is the name of the Soviet nuclear bomb tested during the Cold War which was the largest ever explosion on Earth?
Tsar Bomba
Stalin's Salvation
The Soviet Sledge
The Elucidator
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What is the name of the massive famine that plagued Soviet Ukraine starting in 1933?
Gulag
Perestroika
Glasnost
Holodomor
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What is the name of the barrier the Soviets constructed in Germany to stop their citizens from fleeing to The West?
The Munich Wall
The Frankfurt Wall
The Hamburg Wall
The Berlin Wall
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What is the name of the Russian intelligence agency for state security which attempted to counter western intelligence agencies throughout the Cold War?
The N.P.O.
The M.I.A.
The K.G.B.
The F.O.L.
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Which of the following terms refers to a Soviet astronaut?
Cosmonaut
Argonaut
Yagonaut
Bellonaut
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What is the name of this device which the Soviets launched into orbit, allowing it to become the Earth's first artificial satellite?
Gagarin
Glasnost
Sputnik
Motshule
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The Bay of Pigs was a U.S. backed assault on what communist ally to the Soviet Union which directly raised the tensions of the Cold War?
Australia
China
The Philippines
Cuba
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What is the name of the 1970's period where Cold War tensions between the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R. relaxed?
Kristallnacht
Glasnost
Lazzies-Faire
Detente
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What is the term for the executive leader of the Soviet Union?
Pinvalt
Povrost
Porimedes
Premier
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What is the name of the famous Premier of the Soviet Union who was in office from 1958-1964 and was known for his involvement in the Cuban Missile Crisis?
Boris Yeltsin
Nikita Khrushchev
Vladimir Putin
Nicholas Romanoff
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From 1964-1982, what man served as the Premier of the Soviet Union and infamously led the nation into a state of "stagnation?"
Mikhail Gorbachev
Kubric Nettlvich
Leonid Brezhnev
Nicholas Romanoff
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Yeszhovshichina is a particularly difficult-to-pronounce term which refers to a series of political purges in the Soviet Union and was named after what man who headed the secret police?
Karl Ofshinchina
Yezhir Luchinus
Nikolai Yezhov
Makross Yetzhovish
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In what year was the Soviet Union officially dissolved?
1978
1980
1986
1991
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What leader of the Soviet Union who took office starting in 1985 began rolling back the communist programs of the nation?
Mikhail Gorbachev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
Boris Yeltsin
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Which of the following terms refers to Gorbachev's policy of "openness" to all ideas and other nations?
Glasnost
Losolpunct
Perestroika
Minokallus
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Which of the following refers to Gorbachev's general collection of programs meant to make the Soviet Union less communist overall and eventually led to the nation's full collapse?
Urinechs
Oggoliev
Perestroika
Glasgow
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Immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union, what man became the first President of the Russian Federation as of the year 1991?
Bradin Usenev
Yvgeny Erovitch
Boris Yeltsin
Markos Cumberlow
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